There are so many things in life which look extremely odd to someone who doesn’t know what’s going on. Imagine watching someone make a musical instrument if you’d never heard music in your life. What, you might think, can such an object possibly be for? Why waste such time and effort on it? Of course … [Read more…]
Horse riding Saturday morning with Sarah and Heather Ps Amoti preaching May 5th 8.30 & 10.15am Picnic in the Park – Farewell Amoti & Kaierua – 1.00pm Rossiter Park – BYO the lot Sunday May 5th also
It is ANZAC Day as I piece together these thoughts and quotes. It is the time where we remember the men and women who paid such a high price for our freedom. Thus I feel it appropriate to share Tom Wright’s comments on James 4:1-10, where the opening sentence asks “Where do wars come from? … [Read more…]
In the gospel reading for this Sunday (John 10:22-30), we are once again referred to as members of the flock, Jesus flock’. We are members of the flock because we hear His voice; we hear His voice because we are members of the flock. That you are reading this article, either sitting in church, at … [Read more…]
This means that out of love and omnipotence God brings death to an end, calls a new creation to life, bestows new life. “Everything old has passed away.” (2 Corinthians 5:17) “See I making all things new.” (Revelation 5:25) Resurrection has already commenced in the midst of the old world as a final sign of … [Read more…]
